Mark Ring to be appointed Cardiff RFC attack coach

Mark Ring is returning to Cardiff RFC as a coach.

The former Wales outside-half is leaving Cross Keys and heading back to the Arms Park, where he made his name as one of the most talented players of his generation in the 1980s.

Ring will take the role of backs / attack coach, with immediate effect and is understood to have told Keys he is leaving.

Ring will work under director of rugby Martyn Fowler at the Arms Park.

It’s unclear what, if any, pathway there will be for Ring to progress to a future role with the Blues.

But the fact that the Blue and Blacks have moved for him shows their desire to shake things up.

They currently lie seventh in the Welsh Premiership table, having won five of their nine fixtures, but the whole Cardiff rugby organisation, the Blues included, are keen for the club to be leading the way in the semi-professional division.

Blues chairman Peter Thomas and chief executive Richard Holland, who have overseen the appointment, are thought to have been impressed by the part Ring has played in reviving Keys, who won the Swalec Cup last season and were beaten finalists in the British and Irish Cup.

Ring was briefly involved with the old Cardiff club side under dai Young before the advent of regional rugby.

He has also had spells in charge of West Hartlepool, Penzance, Caerphilly, and Irish club side Old Crescent.

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